Saturday, 25 November 2017

Police rushed to London’s busy Oxford Street shopping district on Friday after reports that shots had been fired, sparking fears of a terror incident and leaving 16 people hurt in the panic.Armed officers locked down the area for more than an hour before the Metropolitan Police said it had not found “any trace of any suspects, evidence of shots fired or casualties”.

Egyptian officials investigating the massacre of worshippers at a mosque in Sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of the Islamic State group.At least 305 people died in the assault, which was launched during Friday prayers and has not yet been claimed by any group.

Jose Mourinho has revealed Michael Carrick has been offered a coaching role at Manchester United when he decides to hang up his boots.Carrick announced on Friday he has undergone a minor procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm.

Lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that he never bought a property in Maitama District, Abuja, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The property, said to have been recovered by the presidential task force on pension reform, was linked to Abdulrasheed Maina, a former pension boss whose recall into the civil service is being probed.

Zimbabwe’s finance minister says masked men in military uniforms burst into his home and pointed assault rifles at him and his wife as the military moved in against former President Robert Mugabe.Ignatius Chombo is in court to face corruption charges that some observers believe are politically motivated after Mugabe’s resignation.

The Kano State Government has N9 billion salary bill monthly.Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje said this in Kano on Friday at the second day of the NDIC workshop for financial journalists.He said that in spite of the huge salary bill, which he said, was more than some three states combined, the state had never failed to pay the salaries monthly.

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has spoken about the “scary” flight they endured from Azerbaijan on Thursday morning.Their aircraft was forced to make two attempts at landing because of bad weather.Conte said he had been scared by the events, after Chelsea’s chartered plane encountered stormy conditions at Gatwick airport.

Jose Mourinho has offered a scathing analysis of Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s drop in form as the Manchester United manager explained why the midfielder has been exiled from his squad recently.The Armenian is expected to be recalled to the matchday squad for Saturday’s Premier League game with Brighton after being out of contention altogether for the past two games.Mkhitaryan last started for United, and turned in a lacklustre display, in the defeat against Chelsea at the start of the month and, Mourinho explained, that was the final straw for the manager.

Governor Jibrilla Bindow has said he has no immediate plans follow Atiku Abubakar out of the ruling All Progressives Congress.The Adamawa governor said his relationship with the former vice president would remain cordial and mutually beneficial for the foreseeable future.

Nigerian leading lawyer, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has revealed real reason former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar left the ruling party.Keyamo who took a swipe at Atiku, wondered why the former Vice President could not be bold enough to tell Nigerians why he left APC.

Lionel Messi on Saturday finally put pen to paper on a contract extension keeping him at Barcelona until 2021, the club announced, making official an agreement reached in July.The Spanish giants had announced in the summer that Messi had committed his future to the club but the Argentine had not signed the new deal, with his existing contract set to expire in 2018.

The Katsina Police Command says it has arrested a 28-year-old housewife for allegedly killing her 40-day-old step son. The suspect resides in Majoji Village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bensen Gwana, paraded the suspect before newsmen on Friday in Katsina.

Vice-President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo and wife today are celebrating their 28th wedding anniversary. They both took to social media to show love to one another as they celebrate 28years of being man and woman. The vice-presdent wrote;

57-year old British optician, Ian Squire,who was kidnapped in Nigeria, according o his fellow hostages was shot dead after playing “Amazing Grace” on his acoustic guitar.Christian charity workers David and Shirley Donovan, describe Squire's final moments to Telegraph UK. They were all abducted from their accommodation in Delta State in the early hours of October 13.

A popular radio presenter, Abulganiyu Lawal has been shot dead while hunting by unknown persons at Araromi-Oke in Ekiti East Local Government of Ekiti State.The 42-year-old OAP, who was a member of Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) in Ekiti State has since been buried according to Islamic rites in his parents’ residence at Igbemo-Ekiti.